Flow Biocatalysis
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2019) | Viewed by 36665
Special Issue Editor
Interests: enzyme discovery, enzyme engineering, transaminases, ketoreductases, hydrolases, biocatalysis, flow-biocatalysis, efficiency in biotransformations, multi-enzymatic cascades
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Flow-biocatalyisis is a very powerful technique which combines the power and advantages of enzymes with the high throughput of continuous synthesis. Assembly of multi-enzymatic systems either as immobilized whole cell factories, or immobilized cell-free enzymatic preparations, have been very successful in the synthesis of complex molecules with very high efficiency, mimicking, in some cases, biosynthetic pathways. Flow-biocatalysis encompasses a variety of techniques and can be easily combined with chemical steps, increasing the versatility of the reactor. This special issue collects original research papers, reviews and commentaries focused on novel biotransformations being carried out in continuous, with particular attention to the efficiency of the system. Submissions are welcome in all areas of flow-biocatalysis:
- Cell-free immobilized enzymes;
- Whole cells immobilized systems;
- Multi-enzymatic reactions in flow;
- Methods of immobilizations of the biocatalysts to improve durability;
- Chemo-enzymatic continuous processes;
- Cofactor-recycling;
- Co-immobilization of enzymes;
- Downstream purification methods;
- In-line reaction monitoring;
- 3D-printed reactors for flow-biocatalysis.
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Biotransformations
- Flow-biocatalysis
- Downstream processing
- Enzyme preparation
- Chemocatalysis
- Operational stability